Yes, the company's signature desktop PC has a speedier set of guts and the new Thunderbolt connector. But has Steve Jobs's absence forced Apple to scale back on innovation?READ»
HP's just revealed an all-in-one PC that's reminiscent of the current iMac, but sports a touchscreen and novel tilting stand. The thing is, it's pretty similar to patents Apple has protecting the design of future touchscreen iMacs.READ»
2010 was a boom year for Apple, but 2011's nearly upon us and the Apple rumors are already blossoming. Can Steve Jobs and company pull off yet more technology coups next year? Using what we know, and suspect, we've imagined Apple's 2011 products for you.READ»
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When designers create machines, they need to make sure that the visceral parts of the product have an internal logic – that the hardware, software, ...READ»
The video rental giant finally files for Chapter 11. If only it had bought Netflix for $50 million in 2000! Here are the key moments in the downfall.READ»
Apple has, as expected, lavished some upgrade love on several of its products: The Mac Pro, the iMac and the Cinema Display lineups have all been tweaked to improve their specs. The Mac Pro even got a 12-processor core ...READ»
iPhone fuss be damned: Apple's pushing ahead with refreshing its other hardware, ready to bump up that revenues chart we showed you. Rumors say the Mac Pro and iMac line are getting a revamp, but will we see the Magic Slate too? iMac ...READ»
In a few hours from now Steve Jobs will kick off the 2010 World Wide Developers Conference--one of Apple's premiere events. Fast Company.com will be liveblogging the keynote (10am PST), so check back then. In the meantime, here are ...READ»
Steve Ballmer had a lot to say about Windows 7 during his keynote address at the start of CES 2010, and gave a sneak peek at the swanky machines it is--and will be--running on. And that's about all he did.
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This week we've seen the new 27-inch iMac compared to a television, and we've watched Windows 7 get all TV-happy with in-home streaming. But it was in over a decade ago that Apple ventured to show us how TVs and PCs would eventually ...READ»
After the rumors, patents and supposition, Apple's just updated its lineup of computers and included a surprise: a 27-inch TV monster. Okay, it's actually an iMac, but it's quite definitely a move in the televisual direction.
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While reporting its most profitable quarter ever yesterday, Apple's execs let slip a few nuggets of information about past and future products. The most intriguing is related to upcoming extra freight flights...but for ...
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For Windows 7 to outshine the disaster that is Vista, it will have to be both a technical panacea and a marketing success. Microsoft has been splurging on TV ads, haplessly enlisting "regular" people to get you to throw parties in ...READ»
Steve Jobs famously poo-poohed the idea of Apple adopting Blu-ray, describing the technology as a "bag of hurt." But with hot rumors of an imminent iMac redesign, the Blu-ray drive issue is again in the spotlight. Is Apple about to ...READ»
In 1984, Apple launched the Lisa: a 6.8MHz business-oriented computer that cost $10,000. Though it wasn't a commercial success because of its high price tag, it paved the way for Apple's next GUI machine: the more auspicious ...READ»
Apple, it seems, has won the PC design war: Dell's new all-in-one PC is shamelessly iMac-like, right down to its bent-sheet aluminum "foot" that the Studio One 19 stands on. There are extras, of course, like the colored ...READ»
